Press releases

Stamicarbon, the innovation and license company of Maire Tecnimont Group, has been selected as the licensor for a urea project in China. The plant’s capacity of 3791 metric tons per day (MTD) will make it the largest urea plant to be licensed by Stamicarbon in China.

Stamicarbon, the innovation and license company of Maire Tecnimont Group, has signed an agreement for a feasibility study with KeyState Natural Gas Synthesis, a company located in north-central Pennsylvania in the United States of America, to become its Urea & DEF (Diesel Exhaust Fluid) technology licensor.

Stamicarbon, the innovation and license company of Maire Tecnimont Group, has been selected as the licensor for a project in Sub-Saharan Africa, increasing its footprint in the region and positioning itself as the world leader in cutting-edge technology and solutions relevant to the fertilizer industry. 

Stamicarbon, the innovation and license company of Maire Tecnimont Group, has been selected as the licensor for the NeuRizer Urea Project (NRUP) in Leigh Creek, Australia, 550 km north of Adelaide. This will be the only fully integrated urea production facility in Australia, with all inputs (gas, power and CO₂) for low carbon urea production on-site. 

Stamicarbon, the innovation and license company of Maire Tecnimont, announces that it has been awarded a licensing and equipment supply contract for two Ultra-Low Energy grassroots urea plants in the People’s Republic of China. The plants will be built in Dongping, Shandong Province, for a local urea producer. 

Stamicarbon and Russian chemical company Shchekinoazot will team up to jointly explore, develop and implement green technologies at Shchekinoazot’s existing and new enterprises in the Russian Federation, with the common goal to contribute to sustainable fertilizer production. The agreement captures the commitment of both parties to assist in the development and commercialization of green technologies, as a joint effort to industrialize environmentally best performing fertilizer products and processes.

Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiaries MET Development, Stamicarbon and NextChem have started work on a renewable power–to-fertilizer plant in Kenya. MET Development has signed an agreement with Oserian Development Company for the development of the plant at the Oserian Two lakes Industrial Park located on the southern banks of Lake Naivasha, 100 km North of Nairobi.

Stamicarbon, the innovation and license company of Maire Tecnimont Group, has signed a contract with Abu Qir Fertilizers Co. in Alexandria, Egypt, for the revamp of one of their urea melt plants (known as Abu Qir 3). Stamicarbon will deliver the license and the Process Design Package for the revamped plant, which is expected to be operational in 2025. 

Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that through its subsidiaries NextChem, Stamicarbon and MET Development (MET DEV) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ADANI ENTERPRISES Ltd (AEL)  to explore the development of industrial projects using NextChem and Stamicarbon’s technologies and MET DEV’s project development capabilities and expertise to industrialize green chemistry and circular economy sectors in India. The projects will be focused on producing chemicals, ammonia and hydrogen from renewable feedstock.

Stamicarbon, the innovation and license company of Maire Tecnimont Group and Henan Xinlianxin Chemicals Group Co. Ltd. in China, have signed licensing and equipment supply contracts for a second Ultra-Low Energy grass root urea plant. The virtual signing event had all the spirit of a traditional ceremony, despite participants connecting from different countries via videoconferencing. It represents the third licensing project in five years between Henan Xinlianxin Chemicals Group and Stamicarbon.